Fight Club

The movie Fight Club is about being masculine by fighting one another and taking part in rebellious events, yet it also shows non-formative masculinities through these actions. Fight Club begins with Tyler having Jack hit him. Other men join them a few nights later, which then makes it for a night outing for the males. To punch someone and be physically able to take that punch shows how tough someone is. To be tough and fight are forms of masculinity. The underlining non-formative masculinity also shows in this action because males are touching other males. They enjoy this action because it is a sense of toughness, rather not thinking of it as guys being attracted to one another. The fight club took place outside of a bar. By having it take place outside of a bar has a huge sense of masculinity because sports bars are where males meet, hang out, and drink beers. When two people fight, they always feel the need to take off their shirts. This is a way for males to show off their body that they work hard for at the gym. The masculinity of a shirtless man allows one to show off their muscles, which allows others to think that they are tough. The underlining meaning of a non-formative masculinity has other guys admiring one another's bodies. This would be guys looking at other guys, which shows that they are really not that manly. Later on in the movie, Tyler soon has the members of the Fight Club living in a house together. It was part of Tyler's project mayhem, which had the guys participating in rebellious actions. By breaking the rules, shows how one is masculine since they are not obeying the rules. The non-formative masculinity is shown here by having the men all living together in one house. Fight Club shows males being masculine through their toughness to be able to indulge pain but has many non-formative masculinities associated with the masculinities.